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? ? ? ? Smoke, who had descended to the deck and was now standing by my side, began to chuckle in a significant way. I looked at him inquiringly.

? ? ? ? 'Talk of a mess!' he giggled. 'It's a pretty one we've got now.'

? ? ? ? 'What's wrong?' I demanded.

? ? ? ? Again he chuckled. 'Don't you see there, in the stern- sheets, on the bottom? May I never shoot a seal again if that ain't a woman!'

? ? ? ? I looked closely, but was not sure until exclamation broke out on all sides. The boat contained four men, and its fifth occupant was certainly a woman.

? ? ? ? We were agog with excitement, all except Wolf Larsen, who was too evidently disappointed in that it was not his own boat with the two victims of his malice.

? ? ? ? We ran down the flying jib, hauled the jib-sheets to windward and the mainsheet flat, and came up into the wind.


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